slothful Copy link Outline 1. segnis, e (sluggish and dilatory)2. dēses, ĭdis (sitting idle, do-nothing3. dēsĭdiōsus (like preced.)4. ignāvus (spiritless, indolent, cowardly)5. pĭger6. ĭners7. sōcors, rdis (careless, remiss)8. tardus (slow, sluggish) • slothful: 1. segnis, e (sluggish and dilatory): a s. and apathetic pupil, puer s. et jacens, Quint. 1, 3, 2: s. and inactive, s. inersque, Tib. 1, 1, 54: Cic.: Liv. 2. dēses, ĭdis (sitting idle, do-nothing: rare): Join: ignavus et deses, Gell.: deses atque imbellis, Liv. (Cic. appears not to use deses.) 3. dēsĭdiōsus (like preced.): most inactive and s. repose, inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, fin.: Plin. Ep. 4. ignāvus (spiritless, indolent, cowardly): s. herd (Drones), i. pecus, Virg. Aen. 1, 435: more definitely, operum et laboris ignavae [legiones], Tac. A. 11, 18, med. See also cowardly, spiritless. 5. pĭger: v. sluggish. 6. ĭners: v. inactive, helpless. 7. sōcors, rdis (careless, remiss): Ter. 8. tardus (slow, sluggish): Caes. B. C. 1, 69 (nemo erat adeo tardus aut fugiens laboris): Ter.